Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 110 The Disappearing Heir
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Dumbledore coming. With this recognized strongest white wizard around, the basilisk was simply vulnerable.

This was indeed the case. The basilisk was now tightly wrapped by countless stones. Its originally fierce struggle became increasingly weaker, and in the end it simply stopped moving.

But Dumbledore obviously didn't want to let it go. He pointed the elder wand at the basilisk, and the stones wrapped around the basilisk began to shrink again. The force was so great that many stones turned into stone powder in an instant.

The basilisk, which had originally stopped moving, began to struggle violently again, but to no avail.

Gradually, bright red blood began to flow out from the cracks in the stones, and the basilisk's cries of pain began to become weaker, until finally they disappeared.

By the time Dumbledore put down his wand, the basilisk's entire body had been squeezed into pieces and was unrecognizable.

Mike and the others watched Dumbledore display his power, and they dared not even breathe. They had spent a lot of effort to barely knock off a few snake scales, but Dumbledore crushed the basilisk to death with one move, just like crushing a bug. The strongest white wizard was indeed worthy of his reputation.

Dumbledore looked at the stunned crowd and explained again: "I'm sorry, I'm late. I didn't expect you to find the basilisk so quickly. In order to solve the petrification caused by the basilisk, I went to France to visit an old friend and got some mandrake, so I was delayed for some time."

Abbott and the others looked at each other in silence after hearing this. Only Mike frowned slightly and sneered in his heart.

Mandrake is very valuable, and there are already immature mandrakes in Hogwarts, which means that as long as everyone waits for a while, they can use free mandrakes without having to spend money to buy them.

It seems that this most powerful white wizard really loves his savior, Mr. Little, so much that in order to allow him to recover as soon as possible and return to school, he even made a special trip to France to get some mandrake back.

At this time, more and more Aurors came out from the original pipe. When they saw the basilisk lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, they all gasped. After being surprised, they looked at Dumbledore with admiration.

When Dumbledore saw that most people had arrived, he said, "Leave half of you to take care of the wounded, and the rest of you can continue exploring with me. Remember to stay alert. Although the basilisk has been eliminated, there is still a Slytherin heir who has not been found."

The Aurors at the scene had no objection to Dumbledore taking over the command, and they happily followed Dumbledore and continued to move forward.

Mike had consumed too much magic power in the previous battle, so he did not follow them to explore the Slytherin's secret room. Looking at the white-robed wizard walking in front of the many Aurors, Mike also had a little understanding in his heart.

This is the meaning of being strong. The weak need to stick together, while the strong only need to continue to improve themselves. As long as you are strong enough, wealth, power, fame and women will come to you uninvited. This is the biggest difference between the idealistic world of wizarding society and the materialistic Muggle society.

Of course, it is not easy to achieve this. Looking at the history of the wizarding world over the past hundred years, only three people have truly achieved this: Dumbledore, Grindelwald and Voldemort.

"Mike, thank you so much. If it weren't for you just now, I might have... might have..." Abbott said to Mike sincerely.

Mike, who was lost in thought, was interrupted by Abbott's sudden appearance, but he was not annoyed. He smiled and said, "Friends don't need to say thank you. In that situation, I saved you with just a little effort. Don't take it to heart." Abbott was still very nervous at this time. The scene of the basilisk opening its bloody mouth and biting him just now gave him a great shock. Although he was born in an Auror family and his father was the deputy director of the Auror Office, he had received a lot of training under the influence of his family since he was a child, but the first time he encountered such a situation still made him feel uneasy for a long time.

He stretched out his slightly trembling hand and scratched his hair, then said to Mike: "You are right, I am unfamiliar with you. You are my friend, my best friend."

Mike couldn't help laughing when he saw Abbott messing up his neatly combed hair. He gently patted Abbott's arm and continued to comfort him.

Of course, he could see that Abbott was very grateful to him and wanted to repay him. He estimated that even if he made excessive demands, Abbott would satisfy him. But from a long-term perspective, it was obviously better to be friends with him.

And Abbott obviously understood what Mike meant and did not continue to ask for repayment.

The two chatted like this, and Abbott's mood gradually returned to normal, and he became the elegant and polite gentleman again, but the messy hairstyle still made Mike want to laugh.

Dumbledore soon returned with the Auror team. Although they found Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, they found nothing.

Mike was not surprised by this. Now the entire Hogwarts was firmly controlled by the Aurors, and the heir had no chance to run out and continue to give orders to the basilisk.

Although they didn't catch the heir of Slytherin, everyone's faces were still filled with smiles. The basilisk was their target this time. Compared with the harm of the basilisk, the heir of Slytherin, an underage wizard who had not yet graduated, was obviously not worth mentioning.

Leaving behind a few Aurors to deal with the basilisk's body, Dumbledore took Mike and others back to Hogwarts Castle through the pipe.

When they arrived at the auditorium and announced that the basilisk had been destroyed, the little wizards who had been waiting eagerly all cheered, and the sound was so loud that it almost overturned the magical ceiling of the auditorium.

Everyone who returned was treated like heroes. Mike should have stayed in the auditorium to enjoy this glorious moment that belonged to him, but at this moment there was something more important waiting for him to do.

In the special ward of the infirmary, Mike was nervously watching Madam Pomfrey applying medicine to Penelope. Thanks to Harry, Penelope was finally freed from the petrified state. Fortunately, Dumbledore bought Penelope's share when he bought medicine for Harry. If he only bought the medicine Harry needed, Mike guaranteed that he would never let him suffer in the next few years.

The light yellow liquid flowed into Penelo's slightly opened mouth, and soon Penelo's body became soft again. Her originally stiff and twisted posture also became normal.

Mike, who noticed this, hurriedly squeezed forward. His anxious look was seen by Madam Pomfrey, who smiled and shook her head. Then Madam Pomfrey picked up her medicine box and left the ward, leaving the rest of the time to the boy and girl.

(End of this chapter)